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J. MAXWELL.

- BURIAL GASKET. No. 302,753.. Patented July 29., 1884.

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JOHN MAXWVELL, OF ONEIDA, NElV YORK.

BURlAL CASKET.

E-aPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,753, dated July29, 1884.

Application filed December 20, 1883. (No model.) a

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MAXWELL, of Oneida, in the county of Madison,in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inBurial-Caskets, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of burial-caskets which are providedwith an openf ing in the head portion of the lid, and with a removablesupplemental cover over said opening.

The object of the invention is to provide simple, convenient,-comparatively inexpensive, and efiective means for detachably connectingthe said supplemental cover to the casket-lid; and to that end theinvention consists in rounding convex the lower portion of the edge ofthe usual cross-bar adjacent to the head-opening, and securing to theunder side of the supplemental cover hooks or lugs curved to correspondto the aforesaid rounded edge, and arranged to engage with said edge andto abut against the two side edges of the opening, so that said hooksshall serve to guide the cover in applying it to the opening and sustainthe cover laterally when applied as aforesaid.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of a burial-casketprovided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinalsectional view of the improved connection of the supplemental cover orface-glass cover with the casket-lid. Fig.3 is a trans verse section ofthe same with the face-glass cover raised, and Fig. 4 is a detachedisometric View of the hook by which the face-glass cover is connectedwith the casket-lid.

A represents the lid of a burial-casket, having in its head portion anopening, B, provided with the face-glass O,which in this case isarranged to slide in longitudinal ways a in the side rails, b, of thelid, as represented in Figs. 2 and 8 of the drawings.

D denotes the face-glass cover in the form of a supplemental lid mountedremovably on the lid A and closing the opening B.

F is the cross-plate, forming the central portion of the casket-lid, andhaving one of its edges forming the lower end of the opening 13. Saidedge I form rounding or convex on its lower portion, as illustrated inFig. 2 of the drawings.

To the under side of the cover D, I secure hooks or lugs E, which arecurved to correspond to the convexity of the edge of the cross-plate F,and are provided with attaching-shanks 0, having perforations for thereception of the attaching-screws. Said hooks or lugs I arrange on thecover D in such relative positions that when said cover is properlyplaced over the opening B the hooks or lugs E E pass under and engagewith the rounded edge of the crossplate F, and at the same time abutwith their outer sides against the two side edges of the opening.

In applying the cover D to the opening B, the hooks E E enter theopening in proximity to the two side edges thereof, as shown in Fig. 3of the drawings, and thus guide the cover onto its seat on the lid A,and in carrying the cover down onto its seat the hooks E E slide underthe bearings afforded by the rounded edge of the cross-bar F of the lid,the usual latch, L, being connected to the opposite end of the cover Dto lock the same in its closed position.

I do not claim, broadly, the hooks E herein described, as I am aware thesame are not new, but

WVhatI do claim as my invention, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent,is-

In a burial-casket lid provided with the opening 13 and face-glass coverD, the combination of the cross-plate F, having the lower portion of theedge adjacent to the opening B rounded or convex, and the hooks or lugsE E curved to correspond to the aforesaid convex edge, and secured tothe under side of the face-glass cover to engage with said edge, and toabutagainst the side edges of the opening, substantially as describedand shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal,in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Oneida, in the county ofMadison, in the State of New York, this 12th day of December, 1883.

J OHN MAXE ELL. [L. s]

WVitnesses:

O. WILL. OHAPPELL, J. J. SHERWOOD.

